The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 8, 1923
Waning Crescent
26.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:27 AM
4:08 PM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 26.5%
- Age
- 24.1 days
- Distance
- 403,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 6
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 298.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 117.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 26.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 44.2° / 242.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 50m / 11.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 43.65° / -4.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.70° / 6.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -119.11° / -1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.